conclude

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English

Etymology

From Middle English concluden, borrowed from Latin conclūdere (“to shut up, close, end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈkluːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

conclude (third-person singular simple present concludes, present participle concluding, simple past and past participle concluded)

1. (intransitive) To end; to come to an end.
2. (transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
3. (transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
4. (transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
5. (obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
6. (often passive voice) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.
7. (obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.
8. (obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.
9. (logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to end”): begin, initiate, start, commence

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